Woman's calendar

Abstract

A woman's calendar comprises a markable, erasable surface delineated into an array of boxes representing the months and days of the calendar year, and a marker or markers for representing periodic events of interest on the day of their actual or anticipated occurrence. Events recorded on the calendar, according to a prescribed legend, are transcribed monthly or annually to a permanent archive record.

I claim: 
     
       1. A woman's calendar for use in a shower, comprising a sheet of material having a waterproof surface,   said surface having permanent markings defining an array of rectangles representing all the days of the year,   a set of movable markers which can be placed on the array, each marker bearing a symbol corresponding to a particular health event, and   a permanent legend marked on the calendar, the legend showing the correspondence between each of said symbols and said health events,   wherein said sheet has a ferromagnetic component, and said markers are magnetic.   
     
     
       2. The invention of claim 1, further comprising an archive record comprising a plurality of bound pages, each marked similarly to the shower calendar sheet, to which events that have been recorded on the shower calendar can be transcribed, whereby a series of annual health records can be maintained, and the shower calendar re-used. 
     
     
       3. The invention of claim 2, further comprising reference materials explaining breast self-examination, premenstrual syndrome, and determination of periods of fertility. 
     
     
       4. The invention of claim 1, further comprising means for connecting the sheet to a shower stall. 
     
     
       5. The invention of claim 4, wherein said connecting means comprises at least one suction cup. 
     
     
       6. The invention of claim 1, wherein the front surface of the sheet is of a material which can be marked upon, and further comprising a writing implement for making erasable, waterproof marks on the calendar and means for connecting the writing implement to the calendar. 
     
     
       7. The invention of claim 6, wherein the calendar sheet is further marked with a breast diagram, upon which results of breast self-examination can be marked with the writing implement.